Hip-Hop Official – Keys N Krates

The homies from Toronto have made it to Hip-Hop Official. A really good interview from these guys. I’m proud of them! Tune looks sober, Matisse, looks happy, and Flo looks like he shaped up the beard for the interview. They are currently working with a few dope MCs and new remixes that will hopefully come out later this year. In the meantime, get to Canada and watch them wreck shop!

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Posted on January 14th, 2010

THE TOP 100 QUOTES FROM ‘THE WIRE’

It is Monday and you need to listen to this 100 quotes from the wire. You don’t need to watch it, just press play and get to working. My favorite “All in the game yo, all in the game.” Makes me want to watch the wire from the beginning again, for the fourth or fifth time.

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Posted on November 16th, 2009

Jay-Z Interviews

With the BP3 really making its presence all over the hip-hop blogosphere, I think its only right that I give you the best videos and iinterviews I could find out there that go beyond the redundant, “this is my best album”, “I want to push music’s boundaries”, etc. After the jump are: Jay’s Interview with Bill Maher (video), The Magna Carter (UK Guardian Interview), His sitdown with Peter Rosenberg & Cipha Sounds (Audio), and Part 2 of his BET interview. Above is Part 1. If anything, watch the BET special so that you see Harry Allen’s (you should know who he is) questions make Stephen A. Smith look like Chris Farley in the SNL skit w/ Paul McCartney.  Sources: NR and Blind I

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Posted on September 11th, 2009

New Balance Flimby Factory Video Tour

This is an awesome video about how shoes (new balance specifically) are made. Each step it shoes the process. I am glad that new balance is getting more and more recognition in the game. Thanks to Frontline.tv for this great video.

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Posted on June 3rd, 2009

Nike Puppets

Go Lakers, GO LEBRON vs. KOBE FINALS!
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Posted on May 29th, 2009

Youtube – The Wire with a laugh track

It does change the dynamic of the show. I laughed.

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Posted on May 12th, 2009

Nike Golf: The Good Life

I in no shape or form condone golfing. And as I do not have cable or tv I have to watch commercials on the internet. I am always surprised by nike and there commercials. So here is the latest one touting tiger woods return to golf? Where did he go, WHERE DID HE GO?

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Posted on February 25th, 2009

KAWS on CBS news Sunday Morning Show

I don’t really like his work lately, but this is fucking KAWS on a cbs morning show!

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Posted on February 9th, 2009

Lil’ Wayne – Interview with Katie Couric

Much more of a gift to Weston than anything else. Lil’ Wayne = new Michael Jackson, Mike Tyson, Little Richard? What I am mad at is that Katie Couric is so soft and hypnotized for the martian! Those are some of the stupidest, softest questions I’ve ever heard. Sounded like a 12-year old white girl from myspace commenting on his page. Ugh. (via NR)

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Posted on February 5th, 2009

Idealist Propaganda – Glen E. Friedman Exhibit

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A few weeks ago, I visited my brother DFLO for his birthday in LA. We partied it up and I got the honor of DJing his party at the Mandrake. One of the highlights of the weekend was hanging out that Saturday at the Sublimnal Projects Gallery which my brother manages. So I got to spend a few hours hanging out with Shepard Fairey and Glen E. Friedman. Beyond the coolness of hanging out with these two art icons, it was really amazing to see how Glen was there for so much of the beginning of punk, skate, and hip-hop culture. I think our current hip-hop generation really underestimates how much the three intersect in the genesis days. Another thought was that how much Russell Simmons and Def Jam really ran the culture in the 80’s. Say what you may about what those two are now but RS and DJ really were tastemakers in those early years. More pics and video after the jump. And much props to my brother for putting this exhibit together. I know it was a lot of work! Thanks to GG for the video and reminder to post these pics.

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Posted on January 30th, 2009